Docker Presents at Tech Field Day 12

Vivek Saraswat, Product Manager at Docker, gives a basic overview of containers and Docker’s roll in the enterprise. He further goes over the company’s core tenants of what they see for Containers as a Service.

David Lawrence, Notary Lead at Docker, reviews how Docker secures the software supply chain. This resolves around making sure that the platform, content, and access are secure. He reviews the passive security features in Linux containers, including restricting exposed root abilities, as well as more proactive measures, like actively scanning for known exploits.

Michael Friis, Project Manager at Docker, introduces Docker on Windows, now available natively on Windows Server 2016. He reviews the two image choices available for Windows containers, a stripped down nanoserver and windowsservercore, which has the full .NET framework.

Michael Friis, Product Manager at Docker, reviews the company’s offerings for AWS and Azure. The service is in private beta, with a public beta coming soon. Michael shows how Docker automates this process to allow users to get containers on these cloud services operating quickly. Docker particularly focused on making upgrades easy and non-disruptive.

Madhu Venugopal, Senior Director of Networking at Docker, reviews the networking fabric features of Docker. He first goes through the development of networking with Docker, up to the upcoming version 1.13. Madhu further goes into the current built in Docker networking abilities, as well as the ability to create bridges and add configurable plugins.